Material Empire

Jintang Hotel is the best hotel in Jintang City. Walking into the lobby, you can see the artificial marble reception desk, artificial leather sofa, and large vulgar crystal chandeliers. According to the standards of the year, it can be regarded as magnificent. Knowing that Qin Hai was coming today, Heizi had already booked a room in advance, so he took Qin Hai upstairs directly to the room.

President Qin, what do you think of the room? No way, this is already the best hotel in Jintang, and the conditions are still not comparable to those in Pujiang and Beijing. Heizi said apologetically while helping Qin Hai put things away.

Qin Hai looked around the whole room, and saw that the furnishings in the room were a little old, and the tables and chairs were all made of solid wood, unlike the man-made boards used in some high-end hotels; two fluorescent lamps were hung above the head, and It's not a ceiling lamp; the phone still uses the dial instead of the buttons that are popular nowadays... Five years ago, these facilities were not bad, but in the past five years, the domestic economy has developed rapidly, and various facilities have been completed. It has been updated, and Jintang Hotel is still using things from the past, so it naturally seems a bit substandard.

Heizi, do you think I care about these people? You don't remember what house we lived in when we went to Quwu to buy coal? Qin Hai said with a smile.

Heizi also laughed. He has been by Qin Hai's side for the past few years, so he naturally knows that Qin Hai is not the kind of person who pursues extravagance. His first business trip with Qin Hai was to buy coal in Quwu. At that time, they lived in the cheapest guest house with a large room for eight people.

Now that Qin Hai's social status is high, when he travels to and from big cities such as Beijing and Pujiang, he always stays in foreign-related hotels with excellent conditions. In comparison, Jintang Hotel seems too shabby. Qin Hai could claim that he didn't care about these conditions, but as a follower, Heizi still had to show his dereliction of duty to some extent.

Heizi, you have been in Jintang for several days, what do you think of Jintang's current situation? Qin Hai sat down on the sofa and asked Heizi.

Heizi took a hot water bottle, took a bottle of water from the bathroom, plugged in the heat quickly, started to boil the water, then sat down on another sofa, and replied: The situation is very bad, I heard that there are seven The successful enterprises have already shut down, and even the cadres in the government agencies can only pay 80% of their salaries.

How could it be so bad? Qin Hai asked.

Heizi said: I have been running with Factory Manager Liu for the past few days, and I have visited several companies. The situation of these companies is similar to that of the Hongguang FRP Factory that the driver just mentioned. It is all because the products are aging and not competitive. Seriously slow sales. Jintang is a chemical industry base, many chemical factories have shut down, and the city’s finances are no longer good, so the whole city’s situation is very sluggish.”

By the way, where is the Wang Song'an we met in the past, is he still in Jintang Economic Committee? Qin Hai asked again.

Heizi said: Director Liu has inquired about Wang Song'an's situation, and heard that he has been transferred to another city. However, it turns out that Zeng Zhiqiang is still there, and it seems that he has been promoted to the deputy director of the economic committee.

The Zeng Zhiqiang mentioned by Heizi was also met by Qin Hai once. At that time, his position was the chief of the comprehensive section of the Jintang Economic Committee, and he was responsible for Qin Hai's food, housing, transportation and other affairs. Specifically, the person who contacted Qin Hai and the others in terms of business was Wang Song'an, director of the economic committee. Unfortunately, this person no longer works in the local area. Thinking of the confrontation between himself and Wang Song'an on cooperation matters back then, and looking at Jintang City, which is now declining day by day, Qin Hai has a feeling that things are right and people are wrong.

Heizi, what did Director Liu do in Jintang these days, and did he achieve any results? Qin Hai asked Heizi.

Heizi said: Director Liu intends to find several chemical factories in Jintang for cooperation. I accompanied him to the Jinnan Chemical Factory and met Factory Director Yu Kexiu. However, they didn't talk very speculatively. become.

Qin Hai asked: No speculation? What's the reason?

Heizi said: Jinnan Chemical Factory is not doing well right now. Director Liu wants to rent their factory and workers for production. Director Yu means that he hopes that Director Liu will hire all the workers in the factory and even retire. Workers are all counted. Director Liu felt that this condition was too much, so he did not agree.”

In the early 1990s, the Bankruptcy Law had been implemented for several years, and state-owned enterprises began to go bankrupt and merged by private enterprises in some parts of the country. However, the turmoil in the first year has made domestic policies somewhat narrowed, and the status of the private economy has begun to be questioned, so this kind of merger of state-owned enterprises by private enterprises is somewhat sensitive.

When Liu Yaozhong came back to Jintang this time, he was reminded by Qin Hai that he wanted to take advantage of Jintang's chemical companies being in trouble, and use a way of cheating to buy several companies as his own production base. Since it is deceitful, naturally it cannot be called a merger and acquisition, it can only be called a cooperative operation. But when it comes to personnel arrangements after cooperation, the demands of the two parties are very different.

For Liu Yaozhong, the purpose of his cooperation with state-owned enterprises is to engage in his own production, so he only needs those workers who can work, and he is naturally unwilling to accept those who cannot work. As for retired workers, that had nothing to do with Liu Yaozhong, how could he manage the resettlement of retired workers in Jinnan Factory.

But for Yu Kexiu, the palms and backs of his hands are full of flesh, and he has to take care of all the workers. He absolutely cannot tolerate some workers being employed while others are laid off. The retired workers also returned to the factory to be paid their wages. If he wanted to cooperate with Liu Yaozhong, the wages of these retired workers must also be included in the scope of cooperation.

The Jinnan Chemical Factory was established in the 1950s, and the workers who entered the factory that year reached retirement age one after another in the mid-to-late 1980s. In a factory with more than 400 active workers, there are nearly 200 retired workers, almost two active workers supporting one retiree. Such a burden is enough to make a company breathless.

Of course Liu Yaozhong was unwilling to take this burden on his shoulders, he was here to make money, not to do charity. With such thoughts in mind, he and Yu Kexiu naturally couldn't talk about going together, and it was already very good if they didn't get into a situation where they broke up unhappy.

Qin Hai made a special trip here just after receiving a call from Liu Yaozhong, saying that things in Jintang were troublesome. Now that Heizi finished the details, he also started to have some headaches.

President Qin, I don't think we need to cooperate with enterprises like Jintang. There are many enterprises that are underutilized all over the country. Maybe the conditions in some places will be better than Jintang. Heizi reminded.

Qin Hai asked: What do you mean by better conditions?

Heizi said: At the very least, we can't let us take care of their retired workers, right? We don't owe the retired workers any money, so why should we let us take care of them?

Qin Haidao: If we want to annex their factories and ignore their retired workers, what about these retired workers?

Look for the government. Heizi said.

Qin Hai sneered and said, Do you think that in a city like Jintang, the government can manage these retired workers?

This... Heizi was speechless. He had told Qin Hai before that Jintang's finances were also very tight, and even the salaries of government officials could not be paid in full, let alone the salaries of retired workers. Sending retired workers to the government is no different than pushing them out on the street.

President Qin, you don't mean to say that we still need to take care of these retired workers? Then our burden is too heavy, and the loss outweighs the gain. Heizi said. When he said these words, he also hesitated in his heart. After all, he He is also a child of a factory and mine, and he knows how inhumane it is to push retired workers out.

Qin Haidao: I know that if we carry retired workers, the burden will indeed be too heavy. But if we want to completely kick out retired workers, I guess neither the enterprise nor the city government will agree. Therefore, we must find a Of the policy.

Director Liu meant the same thing. He said he had nothing to do, and he just waited for you to find a way. Heizi said with a smile.

Qin Hai couldn't think of any good solution for a while. He knew that in the next seven or eight years, not only Jintang City, but most state-owned enterprises in the whole country would face extremely serious business difficulties. The workers of state-owned enterprises will face the fate of being laid off, and the wages of retired workers will also be in arrears on a large scale. Such a big difficulty cannot be solved by Qin Hai alone.

The two chatted for a while, and the sky gradually became dark. The two left the room and were about to go to the street to find a restaurant for dinner. As soon as they arrived at the hotel lobby, they ran into Liu Jie who was in a hurry.

Isn't this Director Liu? Qin Hai took the initiative to greet him.

Liu Jie looked up and saw Qin Hai, his face was filled with a smile, he stretched out his hands and strode towards Qin Hai, and said, Oh, Xiao Qin, Secretary Qin... no, no, I should call you President Qin?

Qin Hai also stretched out his hand, shook Liu Jie, and said with a smile, Director Liu is too far-fetched. In front of you, I am just a junior. You can just call me Xiao Qin.

Liu Jie said with a serious face, How can this work? I read about your annexation of Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory a few years ago in the newspaper. I heard that your factory produces that spray machine and earns several dollars a year. Ten million. Let me just say, you Mr. Qin are not ordinary people, you are a person who is doing great business. Just now I heard from Master Li of our factory that you live in Jintang Hotel, so I hurried over here. How is it, Mr. Qin , you haven't eaten yet, I'm the host...

Qin Hai didn't correct the figure Liu Jie said. Earning tens of millions a year is already an astonishing achievement for Liu Jie, and Qin Hai didn't want to say that the actual figure was dozens of times higher than this. He smiled and said to Liu Jie: It's true that we haven't eaten yet, and we're just going out to find a place to put some cushions. Since Director Liu is here, let's find a more formal place, but there is one thing I have to say in advance. Well, I must pay the bill.